The town of Mezcala de la Asunción hosted an ample program of special events running November 20 through 25 to mark the 200th anniversary of the outbreak of insurgency against Spanish rule in the Lake Chapala region.
The bloody struggle between a small band of fierce native warriors and formidable Royalist forces ignited in 1812, ending with the surrender of the rebel outpost on Mezcala Island on November 25, 1816.
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